Citations:despondence


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * As she walked along, seemingly incommoded by the burden, a young man met her, whose countenance expressed a deeper despondence.
 * At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification.